ECO deposits: $675.00 (includes weekly & the 15th)
Total offering: $5020.00
Bingo receipts for July
19, 2009: $1,790.00
Jackpot: $18,100.00!!
COME AND PLAY
Refresh
them Lord, with your healing grace.
Please
remember in your prayers:
Nursing Home: Evelyn Spiert, Donna
Whitacre, Wilma Rose
At Home :Catherine Allen, Charlie Campbell,Josephine Calabro, Frank Carrick, Judy Hall,Henrietta Koch, Mary Ann Koch, Mary Laubenthal, Tim McManus, Al Moeller, Mary
Ann Prager, Larry Schwartz, Tyler Zust, Rita Ann McCreary, James Johnson, Betty
Friedlinghaus, Charles Walker, Paul Wingert, Marian Fontaine, Virginia and Tim
Deweese, Jake Sterpka.
If
you are admitted to a hospital St. Mary’s may not be notified. Please ask a
family member to call us.
RCIA
UPDATE
Are you interested in learning about the Catholic
faith? Are you looking into joining the Church? Are you a Catholic who
has been away for a while? Did you miss Confirmation? Then the Rite of
Christian Initiation (RCIA) is for you. It begins with a cook-out on August 19th, at 6:30 p.m. on
the back patio of Father’s house (to the right of the Church when facing it
from 3rd street). Bring friends if you wish. RCIA
sessions will be held each Wednesday starting at 7:00 p.m. Attending the
classes does not obligate you to entering the Church at Easter.
We look forward to seeing you in August.
BINGO
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Every Sunday dedicated volunteers work Bingo.
The monies raised from bingo help support our school and parish. This
past year, Bingo made $76,759.85. This is a 75% increase from the year before! This is by far our largest
fundraiser of the year. However, we are in need of more dedicated
volunteers to keep bingo running. The crowds are growing, but our
volunteers are not. We are in need of people to volunteer once a month on
a regular basis. There is no smoking in the gymnasium. Come and get
involved, meet new people, and help support your parish through your gift of
time. To get involved please call the parish office at 445-9668.
LITURGICAL/VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES for August 1-2, 2009 (1st
Sunday of the Month)
Extraordinary Ministers are reminded to cleanse the vessels after
each Mass
4:00 PMJonathan EngleDon
SmeltzerTheresa
Ellen, Jim Sauer, Jeanne Sauer
Tim EngleAnn
GrafMarissa
Campbell, Jennifer Hadden,Frances MeltonTina Nierman
9:00 AMNate GainAnnie
RuefleJack Auer, Christina
Badurina, Eli & Maria Disabato
Augie & Charlie CollinsBrian CollinsMike
Gerlach,Angie Metoyer, Bonnie Jones,
Amanada BreitfellerPat Smith
11:30 AMAnthony BartholomewTom MartelloAshley
VanHorn, Donna VanHorn, Sandy Brown
Will Martello, Andy
PricePat DineenLinnan Duren, Pam Mortimer, David
MartelloSandy Brown
COFFEE
& DOUGHNUTS: August 2 – Luisa Schurtz & Julie OrzanoPray for our men and women in uniform
Collection counters for the 1st Sunday of the month: Don
and Rose Hodgson
REMINDERS
SENIOR CITIZEN DAY
The 32nd annual
diocesan Senior Citizen Day will be held on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at St. Brigid Catholic Church, 7179 Avery
Road, Dublin. The day begins with mass at 10:30 a.m. celebrated by Bishop
Frederick Campbell. Mass will be followed by lunch with the Bishop.
The cost is $15.00 per
person. Registration forms are available in the parish office or in the back of
church and must be submitted by August 13th. For additional
information please contact Keith in the Office for Social Concerns at
614.241.2540.
HOMECOMING REUNION
The St.
Mary’s High School Class of 1959 will celebrate their 50th
reunion on Fri. – Sat. Aug. 14– 15. We will gather for dinner at
Oakhurst Country Club in Grove City on Aug. 14 at 7:00 p.m. and again the next
day for the 4:00 p.m. mass at St. Mary.
Mass will be followed by a
get-together at the homecoming festival.
Call Bob Weber @ (614) 475-0550 or Suzanne Miller Foster @
(614) 444-1283.
HOMECOMING CHOIR
We are looking for singers for the St. Mary
HomecomingChoir. Practice will be on Saturday, August
15th at 3:00 p.m. Mass will start at 4:00 p.m. All who
can sing are welcome to come up to the choir loft. Please contact Amanda
Walker at awalker40@aol.comor
614.326.1758 so that there will be a music
folder for you.
HOMECOMING AT ST. MARY
Reserve August 14-15 to enjoy St. Mary’s annual
homecoming festival. Please consider being a volunteer; help with Thursday set
up or Sunday morning tear down, work at one of the booths, or just volunteer
wherever you are most needed. Clip and return this form so that we can start
organizing shifts of volunteers. Just two or three hours of your time either
night would be a huge help. Drop this form off at the office or in the
collection basket.
NAME:
Phone:
I can work on: Friday__ and/or Saturday ____
Area of interest:
NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE - CHANGE of
SCHEDULE
The Sacrament of Penance
is celebrated here on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and on Monday immediately after the 12:00 mass. However, the Sacrament will not be available on Monday, August 3rd.
CASH BOXES
Do
you have a small metal cash box you can loan us for the festival? Please
drop them off at church or at the office. Please put your name on the
bottom of the cash box so that we can return it to you after August 15.
PARISH
FINANCIAL & MAINTENANCE UPDATE
The
fiscal year has ended and we are in the midst of putting together the financial
statements for review in an upcoming bulletin. The offertory from last
fiscal year has decreased by 7.2%, presumably because parishioners are feeling
the effects of the recession. Due to these declines in operating revenue,
the parish staff has been working to reduce costs. We are working with
other diocesan parishes and with the diocesan department for central purchasing
to leverage our purchasing power in regards to reducing the costs for
maintenance supplies. Furthermore,
we have renegotiated our waste management services to reduce our costs by
$8,000 annually. We will be working in the weeks and months ahead in
conjunction with parishes throughout our diocese to leverage our combined
negotiating power in other areas such as utilities. It is our hope that
these cost saving reductions will offset the decrease in offertory, and also
make us better stewards of the money you donate. We greatly appreciate your
regular giving through the collection basket or ECO, especially during these tough economic
times. Reducing costs will help a little, but we would ask that you
continue to regularly give in the amount you are able.
We also
want to thank those that have given to our Bells of St. Mary’s Campaign.
Your donations enabled us to make repairs to the bells this past year.
Recently, we were able to paint and maintain all the Burkley Center windows and
replace rotted wood on the breeze way between the Church and Burkley
Building. These windows had not been painted since the building was built
and were in need of maintenance to prevent rotting in the future. In
addition, the Specht Center door was re-stained and sealed. We were also
able to make some minor landscaping repairs in front and back of the
church. Future needs of the parish include: new carpet in the sanctuary,
window painting and repairs to the Specht Building, restoring our historic
church doors, which are showing signs of age, and replacing the concrete in front
of the church and school. We thank you for your continued financial support.
CHURCH of LATIN AMERICA-WEEKEND
COLLECTION…..is scheduled for next
weekend, August 1st and 2nd. Your gift helps fellow
Catholics in Latin America and the Caribbean who are rich in spirit, but
lacking in material resources, to participate more fully in the life of the
church. Proceeds support religious training for seminarians and lay leaders;
family and youth ministries; and religious education for all groups. Please use
your pre-printed envelopes for your donation.
LITURGICAL/VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES for August 1-2, 2009 (1st
Sunday of the Month)